āAbolition of police in the current moment that weāre talking about, around defunding the police, does not get rid of other systems of oppression that people faceā
Affiliated Labor Council May Vote to Expel Police Union
āI canāt do it. Even looking at my uniform is making me feel sick that Iām associated with this.ā
Unlike West Virginia and Oklahoma, today’s teacher walkout in Arizona is the first statewide strike ever held by educators in the Grand…
Walkouts, Protests Capture Public Support
Teachers are not backing down
People incarcerated in the Eastham Unit have filed federal complaints in the Eastern District of Texas arguing that they must drink copious amounts of water tainted with lead and copper to cope with the deadly summer heat
If anything positive has come from George Zimmerman’s “not guilty” verdict in the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, it might be that…
The Midwestern leg of TransCanada's pipeline is up and running after a five-day shut-down to repair areas where required integrity tests identified possible safety issues,…
As the five defendants of the Holy Land Foundation (HLF) case were being sentenced May 27 in Dallas, Texas, many members of…
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